LC control no. | no 95043582 |
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Personal name heading | Green, Wharton J. (Wharton Jackson), 1831-1910 |
Variant(s) | Green, Mr. (Wharton Jackson), 1831-1910 |
Found in | Oleomargarine ... 1886: t.p. (Hon. Wharton J. Green, of North Carolina) Bio dir. Am. Con., 1961 (Green, Wharton Jackson; Democratic Representative from N.C.; b. St. Marks, Fla., Feb. 28, 1831; admitted to the bar in 1854 and began practice in Washington, D.C.; engaged in agricutlrual pursiuts in Warren Co., N.C. in 1859; served in the Confederate Army and taken prisoner at Gettysburg; settled at "Tokay Vineyard" near Fayetteville, N.C., and became interested in viticulture; 1st president of the Society of Confederate Soldiers and Sailors in North Carolina; elected to the 48th-49th Congresses, 1883-1887; returned to Tokay, where he tended his vineyard and engaged in literary pursuits until his death, Aug. 6, 1910) OCLC, 7/20/95 (hdgs.: Green, Wharton J. (Wharton Jackson), 1831-1910, Green, Wharton Jackson, 1831-1910; usage: Wharton J. Green, Wharton Jackson Green) Cultivation of fruits, 1884: p. 1 (Mr. Green, from the Committee on Agriculture) |